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thirty-first year m&mi HaUn Bfatraith - j*r- : 47 "M-m £_ HBWhRRsnw m r CiLTITDnAV A tvrioinT/\/-v». — HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 26, 1944 is*#**"" ' PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY SILHOUETTE OF DESTRUCTION ON WIRES that only seem dangerously thin, a 4,000-lb. bomb Is hoisted wy carefully into its rack aboard a giant Lancaster about to fly from tr-land on a lission to Germany. The armorers' "thumbs up" showa thai rll goes well with the delicate iob. tInternational) Army,Navy, A irMerger Now Being Advocated By High Authorities Matter Is Believed" ' Already Presented to President Roosevelt ' Washington, Feb. 26—(AP) —Consolidation of the army, navy and air forces on an equal level, into a single government department, is being advocated in some high military quarters It is proposed for accomplishment while the war is still going on, for efficiency in operations and assign ment of commands. The Washington Post says in a copyriehted story that the matter is under considoratoin by the jo:at chiefs of staff with every indica tion pointing to approval and a rec ommendation to President Roose velt The argument is being ad vanced among ranking comman* den, and possibly already has befcn presented to the President, that the time to achieve unity of the armed services is now while the* are in fact united in many Important respects both on the battlefield and In the top direction of the war here at home. Most of the opposition to any ac tion prior to the war's end has been bi>sed on the contention that it v-nuld be disruptive to the finhting effort. However, many officers feel that it wthild be less disruptive now than if it were delayed unitl after the var. . x The extraordinary prestige en joyed by General George C. Mar shal. chief of staff, is believed by those wh.0 advocate action now. to be so great that he could easily be come the first chief of a supreme Joint staff without objection from the leaders of the other services. or that h5gh distinction might read Soldier Vote Compromise Yet Sought • Washington, Feb. 26—(AP)—Sen ate and House conferees today clung to a scant hope of finding a com promise solution to the politically explosive issue of armed service voting. But, actually, they appeared as far from agreement now as when they started their conference more than two weeks ago. The adminis tration's insistence on a uniform Federal ballot for military absentees still stocd like a barrier across the road to demands for state ballots. The House" conferees offered a suggestion for limited use of a Fed eral ballot yesterday, but it fell flat with Senate administrationists. They agreed to look it over during the week end but they sounded un happy about it. ily go to Admiral Wiiliain D. Lea ry. President Roosevelt's chief of staff, who also is highly regarded by the military, naval and air lead ers with whom he works. One of the principal purposes of such a reorganization would be to give the air forces status equal lo that of the ailny and navy with-iu* further separating the interest of the forces and creating rivalries. Thus under a single civilian sec retary of defense, pians now under consideration would provide (of army, -navy and air undersecre taries and an undersecretary of sup ply. Then directly under the secre tary would be organized the su preme general staff with a chief and deputies or vice-chiefs representing the three fighting arms and the supply services. McNary s Death rurther Complicates Procedure _^*hlngt<jn, Feb. St.—(AP)—'Tlic slender ihrertH of cooperation be tween legislative and executive branlhes 6f the government—already worn fine by tljp revolt by Majority leader Bnrkley* against Roosevelt's t«x bill veto—was drawn taut to by the death of Minority Lender Charles L. MeNary, of Oregon. McNary, who compromised and fiHOetivered many legislative bills originated bf the administration into 8 forfn acceptable to the Republican mlnoHt/ and dnt»-Roosovelt Demo crat®, died jertcrdsy in «u» apart inonl at -+'ort Lauderdale, Florida., where «l^ had K'—e Inst JJccembcr to rccywute from a brain tumor operation. t Mr*. McNary, who was at his bed side when he died, notified Senate officials she did not wish a state funeral in Washington. She said she wished to take the body directly to Salom, Oregon, near where McNary operated n large fruit ranch. . A long time personal friend, Presi dent RooSovelt probably will not be able to attend the funeral. The Pre sident has left Washington to rest it m hij f-iiat "Cu" attack. Crushing Air Blows Dealt Germany ,* * * *,.**•'* * * * * *.**★★★★ No U. S. Warship Losses In Marianas Jap Losses Terrific In U.S. Attack Our Plane Loues Only Six; Japanese Fleet Not Located U. 13. Pacific Fleet Head quarters, Pearl Harbor, Feb. 26—(AP)—The battleship-es corted American task force which ranged 3,800 miles west of Pearl Harbor v Tuesday to strike at the Marianas, less than 1,&00 miles from Tokyo, wiped out 135 Japanese planes, scored against shipping, caused heavy destruction—and didn't lose a warship. Disclosures of these results by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz were permitted by lifting of the radio si lence protecting movements of-the battleships, aircraft carriers, cruis ers'and destroyers. The warships were not even damaged despite the fact their approach was detected the day before the attack when enemy torpedo planes repeatedly tried to sir.k ihem. Only six out of hundreds of at tacking carrier planes were lost. Guam, American outpost occupicd by Japan at the war's outset, was bombed for the first time. The elusive Japanese fleet wasn't found at Saipan's Tan pag harbor—as it also had not been in great strength at ■ re cently b«it\b^d ftttk—a ckt go ship wu'mk; another was . damaged and beached;- a third was set • afire; a patrol war craft was blown upland seven small boats were damaged. Runways, seaplane aprons, air drome facilities, fuel dumps and buildings we're bombed during the attacks on Saipan, Tinian and Guam. The task force sent against the Marianas duplicated the February 16 and 17 feat .at Truk of risking capital ships' inside Japan's island defenses and emerging intact. The task force caught Truk, naval bastion in the Caroline group, completely by surprise. But the force moving onTalpan and Tinian, 7M miles northwest of Truk, was detected on (he afternoon of Fberuary 21. Despite being forewarned, 87 Jap anese planes were wiped out on the ground In the carrier plane assault. Twenty-nine monk were shot down in combat. FDR Orders Review Of Deferments Washing ten, Feb. 26—(AP) President Roseevelt, estimating the armed forces were still short approximately 2N,Ht trained men, today ordered a review of all occupational deferments "with a view to spedlly nWIni available" the personnel requir ed to carry on the war. The President sfent a memoran dum to Paul V. McNutt, chairman of the War Manpower Commission, and Major Lewis B. Hershey, selec tive service director, saying selec tive service "has not delivered the quantity of men who were expect ed." "The shortage which commenced to develop last September reached a total of 200,000 on December 31," he added. "This means that today we are still short approximately 200,000 trained tnen although the nrjual personnel shortage In' ijie. army has been rcducod to Urging .that agriculture IMIl-In* dustry relent# younger men physi cally qualified for military service, the President said the army will not reach IUT plafwed January strength until some time In April, or even later if selective service "continues to f<ll behind Its qqotaj." wcathmT FOR NORTH CAROLINA ciertr with skewers tonlcht, "Hghtlr wWiwr east and central portioned y partly clotWiy to clo*4y M mild followed by . coelef «ton« Ike eeast In after' - noon- Showers over eaet portion Sunday fw—oa. Daughters Congratulate Barkley After Re-Election Congratulations arc in order as Senator Albcn BarU!cy of Kentucky precis his three daugh'ers in Wash ington after his re-elcction as Democratic majority lea ler of the Senate. Immediately after Barkley resigned the post following I'rcsidcnt Roosevelt's veto of the ta t bill, he was voted back into office by a Democratic caucus. The women arc (1. to r.) Mrs. Max Trultt, Mrs. Douglas MacArthur 2nd, and Mrs. Flo Brattcn. (International Soundiilioto) Reds Gain In White Russia t_ Nazi Plane Output Cut By Bombings 60 to 80 Percent Output in. Motors Is Now Calculated London. Feb. 26—(AP)—Ger man aircraft industry—target of the world's greatest aerial of fensive during the past six days —has been bombed to the point where it is believed the factories will be unable to keep up with current German losses in fight er planes, a high ranking United States army air force spokesman said today. Since January 1 Germany's twin engined fighter production has been cut 80 percent and single-engined fighter production has been reauced 60 per cent, the spokesman diclosed. He said these figures are based on latest reconnaissance but still are only preliminary. The greatest damage probably nas been done during the past week when, the spokesman said, the Amer ican Eighth Air Force alone has dropped 7,935 tons of bombs on German soil, a greater amount than was droppeu In the whole first year of operations by the American air force here. With the tonnage drop ped byjathfe^l^Ui Air FV)rce in Italy, theJ$tli?Tdse "to 9,425 tons. fie said United States headquarters believed that Germany had lost the last hope of maintaining a supces^ful defense, adding that it has been defi nitely dpeided here that 'he Reich cannot prcvenr the strategic bomb ing of any target in Germany. He promised that operations would increase «s the year progressed. Mild Decline Hits Cotton . New Yor'k, Feb. 26-^-(AP)—Cot ton futures opened unchanged t^ ten- ofcnts a bale lower - and closed .five to 20 cents a bale lower. Open Close March 20.85 20.86 May : .....20.46 20.41 July 19.95 19.91 ^Middling spot 21.47. — -— ^McNary Rites Set For Next Friday At Salem, Oregon Fort Laudorrtale, Fla., Fob. 26 —(AP)—Functat aerrtves will be held at Aalem, Oregon, next Friday for Charles L. McNirv, Oregon's senior senator and Re publican nominee for ▼Ice president In 1M0, who died yes terday In this sonny resort .where he came to recuperate from a brain operation. Memorial services probably will he arranged meanwhile In the Senate chamber at Wash ington where McNary had serv ed place 1917. Fresh Nazi Troops Fail to Halt Tide Of Soviet Soldiers London, Feb. 26—(AP)—Rus sian armies massed along the 400-mile lone front between Pskov and Rogachev are press ing westwaid in White Russia toward Latvia and the northern part of Poland despite increased German resistance, a Moscow communuiique reported today. Gorman commanders threw fresh reinforcements into the Rogachev area yesterday in a futile attempt to seal the gap torn in their lines by General Constantine Rokossov sky's first White Russian army on Thursday'. No less than 14 fierce coun ter-attacks north of captured Rogachev were thrown back by the Soviets, the Russian com munique said, and the Germans lost 2,500 men killed. The Russian army surged forward and captured several unidenti fied localities together with a large number of prisoners. To date the battle around Roga-1 chve has cost the Germans 6,000 men and Enormous stores of war equipment, the Moscow bulletin added. On the northern end of the front, Russian troops converging on Pskov, .Baltic gateway stronghold below Lake "Peipus, drove the Germans further west toward Latvia. They killed another 1,100 German? and captured 54 towns and hamlets, the Moscow bulletin 'said, and at one point to the northwest were less than 20 miles from the great com munications center. Twenty miles south of Dno on the railway leadirig to Novel, the station of Dedovichi was captured as well as the towns of Barlayovo and Dorka, southwest of Kholm. All these towns'are within 80 miles of the Latvian border. The situation around Vitf>bsk„,was still obscure. A Berlin radio report that the great stronghold 150 miles north of Rogachov had been evac uated was not confirmed by subse quent Russian and German' com muniques. although the controlled Paris radio repeated the report car jly today. • 2«fl Ex-Governor Ely, Of Massachusetts, Is Now Candidate Sprlnxfb-ld. Mam.,. Feb.. 26— 3 (AIM—Attorney JoMpk B. Elf, i former *orernor of Mimithftf netiM, totter, in effeet, litHae a formal (tnMtte for (he Dm oeratto mmimtlm for |irwl<ni> of (he United State*. Joaeph Lee. former tfcwton school committeeman. uM (hat Ely nave his power of attorney to Charted M. McOlue, former chairman of the Mamchmettii IHmoe ratio orimmMtoe, ISt ar. aifcent with the decretory of State a* Democratic candidate In the MaMachwiette April pri mary. The. assent wan riven, 1/ce mH. after he and Olraoon L. Archer, president of the Bpffoik university, Boston, hod vWted the former fninw. Over 100,000 Felons Wear Khaki Uniform ' "Washington, Feb. 25 — (API — More than 1,200 prisoners paroilcd from correctional institutions have gone directly into the army in the last six months, - the House Military Committee learned today, and "well over 100,000" men who have been convicted of felonies are wearing khaki. The information came from Col. Francis V. Keesling, Jr., selective service legislative representative, who informed the committee of ac tion taken by draft officials in their quest for manpower. The need was emphasized by Se lective Service Director Lewis D. •Hershey, who told the Senate Agri culture Committee that six out of tvery ten men now being called up are rejected for physical reasons. The rising rate of rejections is prob ably due, he said, to the more ad vanced average age of men now being called. At present, there are 3,500;men classified as ,4-F, Her shey said. Whifc men arc not being parolled from prison for the specific purpose of being inducted into the army, the War Depratment said in a memo randum filed by Keesling, "the army docs accept and induct recently pa rolleflgmen who are otherwise qua lified^, "CMokc cooperation is maintained between the War Department, Fed eral ard state prison authorities and the selective service system to the end that registrants with prison rec ords other than those convicted o( heinous crimes are accepted for service'," the department said. The 100,000 former felons now in uni form, the memorandum pointed oui, is exclusive of violators of the se lective service act who have been inducted direct from custody. 17,000 Tons Of Bombs In Single Week City of Augsburg Crushed by Blasts; Luftwaffe Resists London, Feb. 26—(AP)—A massive fleet of British bomb ers carried out a crushing at tack on the burning city of Augsburg last night, and piled up a total of more than 17,000 tons of bombs dropped on Ger many in an unparalleled Bix day offensive against the Reich's aircraft industry. The German radio said large scale attacks on the" chemical cen ter of Frankfurt were made at the same time, and the Swiss radio said night flights crossed Switzerland from Italy—raising the distinct pos sibility that Italian-based Welling tons' of the RAF again carried out a two-way British assault as they did the night before. The air minrstry communique announcing the operation against Augsburg said it was carricd out in "very great strength," and that the city, a center of aerial engine production, was attacked twice during the night by large forces of Lancasters and llali faxes. "The weather was favorable and reports indicated the bombing was concentrated and effective," the communique added. • Twenty-four planes were lost in these assaults and in simultaneous Mosquito operations over southwest Germany and the low countries and in extensive mine-laying sweeps. I Flying Fortresses from Britain I made the 1,600-mile round trip to Augsburg yesterday, setting fires which lighted the way for the RAF. The night blow followed an un precedented two-way stab yesterday at single target—Regensburg's Mes serschmidt factory. American hea vy bombers flew from both Britain and Italy. "In a vain effort to protect the vital remnants of German fighter productions, the Luft waffe opposed our attacking forces furiously," army head quarters announced. "The 15th , AAF (from Italy) encountered 250 to 300 enemy aircraft and destroyed 93 fighters In a vio lent and prolonged air battle." Together, the attacking forces de stroyed 142 enemy aircraft agajnst a loss of 69 heavy bombers. The 15th lost 39 bombers, the Eighth. 30. Photographs made at Augsburg, Furth, a Stuttgart ballbearing plant and Regensburg "showed good re sults," the communique said. ' From the size of the force heard leaving Britain last night for the blow at Augburg, 300 miles south west of Berlin, it was probable that 2,000 long tons *>f bombs were showered on that production cen ter. The communique, disclosing that the attack was made by two sepa rate forces of Lancasters and Hall faxes. indicated a' new tactic em ployed by the RAF for the first time Thursday night against Schweinfnrt, again had' been used successfully. ..... Germans Hurled Back In Latest Beachhead Drive Allied Headquarters, Naples, Feb. M— (AP^-The Germans, maintain ing steady pressure tin the Allied Tjeachhead below Rome, harassed American and British forces' with ■halls and bombs but were knocked tAMk in their single small attack y^terday, • headquarters announced today. The ineffective Nazi stab was made on -the Allied right Hank in Se Pontin* marsh area about four iles from the coast at a point south Cisterna and west, of Littoria. iking advantage of the ravine terrain near Carroeeto on the other end of the beachhead, the Nazis tried to slip through the Allied lines, MK all their attempts were unsuc cessful. High winds sweeping the moun tains on the Cassino front, together with snow flurries, helped to ke«p tftat s«ctor mora or less ttationcry except for pntroling, but the Ger mans again attacked a French-h61d hill northwest of Cossino and again were thrown back. On this front'as well as on the beachhead heavy guns of both sides kept up their endless shelling. Headquarters announced 4feat 03 German planes were destroyed and 14 probably were knocked down on the Italian leg of yesterday's aim ultaneous American heavy bomber assault against Kegensburg, Oar many, by bombers (lying from Italy ' and Britain. r Indian troops of the Eighth Arm? threw back three separate night at tacks near Oraogna. Allied artillery fire also broke up an enemy raid «t another point in the Ofgogna area and a patrol Inflicted casual ties on the Germans in a clash north of Arielll, between OrsoflMa and the Adriatic Coast.
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